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Cabinet Members Who Did Not Attend the State of the Union Address
Reagan (1984) - Obama
* denotes addresses not considered official State of the Union messages
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President
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Date |
Official |
Department |
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| Ronald Reagan |
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January 25, 1984 |
Secretary Samuel R. Pierce Jr. |
Housing and Urban Development |
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February 6, 1985 |
Secretary Malcolm Baldrige |
Commerce |
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February 4, 1986 |
Secretary John Block |
Agriculture |
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January 27, 1987 |
Secretary Richard Lyng |
Agriculture |
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January 25, 1988 |
Secretary Donald P. Hodel |
Interior |
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| George Bush |
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*February 9, 1989 |
None |
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January 31, 1990 |
Secretary Edward J. Derwinski |
Veterans Affairs |
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January 29, 1991 |
Secretary Manuel Lujan |
Interior |
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January 28, 1992 |
Secretary Ed Madigan |
Agriculture |
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| William J. Clinton |
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*February 17, 1993 |
Secretary Bruce Babbitt |
Interior |
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January 25, 1994 |
Secretary Mike Epsy |
Agriculture |
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January 24, 1995 |
Secretary Federico Pena |
Transportation |
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January 23, 1996 |
Secretary Donna Shalala |
Health and Human Services |
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February 4, 1997 |
Secretary Dan Glickman |
Agriculture |
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January 27, 1998 |
Secretary Bill Daley |
Commerce |
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January 19, 1999 |
Secretary Andrew W. Cuomo |
Housing and Urban Development |
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January 27, 2000 |
Secretary Bill Richardson |
Energy |
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| George W. Bush |
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*February 27, 2001 |
Secretary Anthony Principi |
Veterans Affairs |
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January 29, 2002 |
Secretary Gale Norton |
Interior |
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January 28, 2003 |
Attorney General John Ashcroft and Secretary Norman Mineta |
Justice and Transportation |
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January 20, 2004 |
Secretary Donald Evans |
Commerce |
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February 2, 2005 |
Secretary Donald Evans |
Commerce |
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January 31, 2006 |
Secretary Jim Nicholson |
Veterans Affairs |
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January 23, 2007 |
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales |
Justice |
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January 28, 2008 |
Secretary Dirk Kempthorne |
Interior |
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| Barack Obama |
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*February 24, 2009 |
Attorney General Eric Holder |
Justice |
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January 27, 2010 |
Secretary Hillary Clinton and
Secretary Shaun Donovan
(Donovan was the "designated survivor," but Clinton is ranked higher in the presidential line of succession and would have assumed the presidency in the event of calamity.) |
State & Housing and Urban Development |
Compiled by Gerhard Peters.
Data from 1984-2000 from Senate Historical Office.
Data from 2001-present by Gerhard Peters
Citation: John Woolley and Gerhard Peters,The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California (hosted), Gerhard Peters (database). Available from World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_cabinet.php.
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